By Middle East Affairs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters are looking at new ways to deport asylum seekers by the masses after he nixed a deal with the United Nations to relocate them to Western countries. The government is considering sending the asylum seekers to a different country in
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Netanyahu cancels asylum seeker deal amid growing pressure
By Middle East Affairs Just one day after a major agreement was reached to prevent Israel from deporting asylum seekers by the masses, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday he's cancelling the deal. Israel houses about 30,000 asylum seekers from Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Initially the intention was to
U.N. calls for Turkey to end state of emergency, Turkey responds harshly
By Middle East Affairs The United Nations on Tuesday called on Turkey to end its state of emergency, which it said led to human rights violations, and as Reuters reports, Turkey has quickly dismissed as unfounded allegations. The U.N. said Turkey has arrested of 160,000 people and dismissed nearly the same number
14 ‘Damascus loyalists’ dead after Turkish strikes
By Middle East Affairs Turkish air strikes have killed at least 14 Syrian regime fighters in the northwestern enclave of Afrin, AFP reports. Three Kurdish fighters were also killed in the strikes Thursday in Jamma, a village on the Turkish border, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitor. Turkey-led
Syria regime strikes Eastern Ghouta as aid trucks wait
WAFIDEEN CHECKPOINT, Syria: Syrian and Russian forces kept up military pressure on opposition-held Eastern Ghouta on Thursday as their controversial unilateral truce failed to yield a humanitarian breakthrough. More than 40 trucks loaded with aid were unable to reach the 400,000 people living in the battered enclave, prompting fresh calls for